Head of International Keith Oliver is delighted to have been invited to be one of the founding members of the International Academy of Financial Crime Litigators, an independent group of leading international specialists created to expand the body of knowledge on economic crimes and how collectively to confront them. Keith has joined over twenty renowned […]
We are excited to announce that sanctions expert Anna Bradshaw has been appointed by the Royal United Services Institute (RUSI) as an Associate Fellow of the Centre for Financial Crime and Security Studies (CFCS) programme. Anna will be using her sanctions expertise to assist with CFCS research on the design and implementation of sanctions by […]
“It’s long been known that UK companies are used to facilitate these types of money-laundering and corrupt activities, because it gives them a veil of reputability,” said Hannah Laming, an investigative lawyer at Peters & Peters who specialises in corruption. Read more.
The pervasiveness of social media has complicated the application of contempt of court rules. P&P expert Anna Bradshaw says, “the pitfalls are many. The biggest issue is that so few people appear to be aware of them. It is something that you would expect journalists to be familiar with but perhaps not all other users […]
Maria Cronin, financial crime partner at Peters & Peters, described the judge’s verdict on the SFO’s case as ‘extremely concerning’. She added: ‘The fact that this case was thrown out on the basis that there was no evidence against the defendants, raises serious questions about how and why the SFO came to prosecute this case […]
Our senior partner Michael O’Kane will be speaking at a Volterra Fietta webinar on 25 March 2021 at 13:00 GMT. The panel will discuss the global human rights sanctions regime adopted by the Council of the EU on 7 December 2020, and the UK’s emerging autonomous human rights sanctions regime. Register here.
UWOs are very effective in assisting the authorities to discover the source of income used to acquire property or to identify an ultimate beneficial owner, especially those in offshore structures according to P&P expert Rachel Cook. She says, “whatever their limits, for those faced with UWOs, it will have been a worrying, time-consuming and expensive […]
The Covid-19 crisis has created a fertile environment for corruption and fraud. At the outset, concerns centred on the risks posed by fraudsters seeking to profit from the financial shock of the pandemic. Those fears proved well founded – in March 2020, fraud reports rose by 400%. Over time, concern spread to suspected abuse of […]
Maria Cronin, a partner at law firm Peters & Peters, commented that The Director of the SFO will need to carefully consider what went wrong, why the case was ever prosecuted, and how the agency addresses these serious failings in the future. Read more.
Nick Vamos, the former Head of Extradition at the CPS and now a partner at specialist business crime law firm Peters & Peters, said the decision was a coup for India. “This is a hugely significant judgment for the Indian Government,” he said. “It is only the second time that a UK court has ordered […]
